Midget, Youth and Older
The appropriate age category is based on the athlete's age on December 31 of the year of competition. Midget athletes are 14 and 15 years old, Youth athletes are 16 and 17 years old, Junior athletes are 18 and 19 years old, and athletes in the Senior category are 20 to 34 years old.
Details of these and other Meets of interest to these athletes may be found on the BC Athletics website and the Athletics Canada website.
Athletes concentrate on a small number of events (unless they are training for the combined events competitions (i.e. pentathlon, heptathlon, octathlon or decathlon). They have individualized programs depending on the events they wish to train for and their long term goals.
- The major Championships for these categories are all at the BC Track and Field Jamboree, usually held in July.
- Every second year (even-numbered years), Midget athletes can try to qualify as members of the Zone 6 team competing at the BC Summer Games.
- BC sends a team of 15 Midget 15 athletes and 25 Youth athletes to the Canadian Legion Track and Field Camp, which is effectively a Canadian Youth and Juvenile Championship.
- Youth athletes can try out to qualify for the Canadian team sent to the World Youth Championships.
- Other meets that are of interest to athletes in these groups are the various Canadian Championships, the Western Canada Summer Games and the Canada Summer Games.
Details of these and other Meets of interest to these athletes may be found on the BC Athletics website and the Athletics Canada website.
Athletes concentrate on a small number of events (unless they are training for the combined events competitions (i.e. pentathlon, heptathlon, octathlon or decathlon). They have individualized programs depending on the events they wish to train for and their long term goals.
